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Tigran Kotanjian (Տիգրան Քոթանջյանը, born 1 September 1981) is an Armenian chess Grandmaster.

Career
He received his International Master title in 2003 and Grandmaster title in 2006.

Kotanjian won the 11th Dubai Chess Open in 2009 and 3rd Karen Asrian Memorial in 2010. He won the Dubai tournament and the Asrian tournament each with 7.0/9 points. In 2011, he tied for 2nd-3rd with Kirill Stupak at the 4th Beirut Open tournament. In the same year, he won the 4th Karen Asrian Memorial in Jermuk. At the 5th Beirut Open 2012, Kotanjian came in first place with 8.0/9 points, ahead of Alexei Barsov, who won the previous Beirut Open ahead of Kotanjian. Kotanjian won the 6th Beirut Open 2013 with a score of 7.5/9 points.

Notable games

 * Karen Asrian vs. Tigran Kotanjian (2007) After regular play in the Armenian Championships, in the best of three tie-breaker Kotanjian lost two straight to Asrian. In both the 23 January game and the 27 January game Kotanjian used the Sicilian Defense.